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Diego G. Pardow

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Anexo: El Desempeño Como Litigante De La Fne Una Mirada Cuantitativa, Diego G. Pardow Jan 2015

Anexo: El Desempeño Como Litigante De La Fne Una Mirada Cuantitativa, Diego G. Pardow

Diego G. Pardow

Technical annex to "El Desempeño como Litigante de la FNE Una Mirada Cuantitativa"


The Chilean Constitutional Court And The 2005 Reform: A Castling Between Career Judges And Academics, Diego G. Pardow Feb 2013

The Chilean Constitutional Court And The 2005 Reform: A Castling Between Career Judges And Academics, Diego G. Pardow

Diego G. Pardow

Using a series of logistic regression analyses, this paper argues that the Chilean Constitutional Court is becoming more active in asserting constitutional rights. Before the reform, the pattern was favoring the incumbent government and deciding the cases by unanimity. After the reform the frequency of dissenting opinions increased, while the level of deference with the government decreased. We also argue, however, that any political analysis should proceed with caution. Career judges dominated the pre-reform Court, whereas justices coming from an academic environment were the ones filling those positions after the reform. Interestingly, Chilean judges have a long-standing reputation of being …


What Should We Expect From The Dodd-Frank Bounty Program?, Diego G. Pardow Jul 2012

What Should We Expect From The Dodd-Frank Bounty Program?, Diego G. Pardow

Diego G. Pardow

Among other changes, the Dodd–Frank bounty program substantially increases the size of the rewards. The supporters argue that the program should encourage more players to step in, whereas the critics claim that it would only increase less reliable whistleblowers. This note describes the economic reasoning behind the dispute, attempting to build a reasonable expectation in light of the available empirical data. Although most of the evidence from previous bounty programs sides with the supporter’s theory, it has to be considered that the quantity and quality of whistleblower reporting are not the only relevant factors. Whistleblowers play a key role diversifying …


The Economic Theory Of Derivative Actions, Diego G. Pardow Oct 2011

The Economic Theory Of Derivative Actions, Diego G. Pardow

Diego G. Pardow

This paper offers a model to formalize the economic theory of derivative actions developed during the last 30 years. From this perspective, the derivative action presents two interrelated problems. The first is how to solve the collective action problem that prevents that minority shareholders file a suit. The second is how to control the risk of collusive settlements between the defendant manager and the plaintiff’s attorney. This model identifies the fundamental tradeoffs that are implicit in these problems, as well as an optimum that could be used as normative benchmark. In brief, it argues that if the goal of derivative …